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The Washington Post is reporting that "Obamacare premiums are rising 4%" based on @KFF's estimate that *benchmark Silver premiums* are increasing by around 4% in 2023 vs. 2022. 1/ washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/ā€¦
That's an important distinction, as *overall* #ACA premiums are increasing by a bit more than that (around 6.2% across 32 states + DC): 2/ acasignups.net/22/10/26/updatā€¦
However, the reality is that for the vast majority of #ACA enrollees, premiums won't be going up by either 4% or 6.2% thanks to the premium tax credits (aka financial subsidies) provided for by the #ACA which are dramatically enhanced by the #InflationReductionAct. 3/
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Weā€™ll have to see what actually passes (if anything) of course, but itā€™s a fuckload more than ā€œscrapsā€ even now.
Universal Pre-K isnā€™t ā€œscraps.ā€

Affordable childcare isnā€™t ā€œscraps.ā€

Another full year of expanded child tax credits isnā€™t ā€œscraps.ā€

$550 Billion in climate change/green energy development isnā€™t ā€œscraps.ā€

Closing the Medicaid Gap for 2.2 million Americans isnā€™t ā€œscraps.ā€
Extending the #AmRescuePlanā€™s expanded ACA tax credits another 3 years isnā€™t ā€œscraps.ā€

Thereā€™s a whole mess of other stuff still included. Itā€™s not perfect and Iā€™m pissed as hell at Manchinema for dragging it down & the ENTIRE GOP for rejecting ALL of it, but itā€™s not ā€œscraps.ā€
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šŸ“£šŸŽ‰ REMINDER: #ACA enrollment is BACK and this time it's a #BFD! Here's 10 important things to remember when you #GetCovered:
acasignups.net/21/05/07/aca-eā€¦
1. MILLIONS WHO DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR FINANCIAL HELP BEFORE DO NOW...AND IT COULD SAVE YOU *THOUSANDS* OF DOLLARS!!

(and those who already qualified are now eligible for *more* help!)
This table shows the financial help sliding scale under the #ACA (which cuts off help for middle-class enrollees)...and under the #AmRescuePlan, which covers 100% of the premiums for millions of people & caps them at no more than 8.5% EVEN FOR MIDDLE-CLASS AMERICANS: Image
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šŸ“£ IT'S OFFICIAL: #AmFamiliesPlan to *permanently* #KillTheCliff & #UpTheSubs. Make no mistake: This is still a #BFD.
acasignups.net/21/04/28/its-oā€¦
NOTE: I'm switching from #AmFamiliesPlan to #AmFamPlan. Shorter, easier to type and it's alliterative!!
šŸ“£ REMINDER: Here's the @urbaninstitute's estimates of how much the uninsured rate would go down in every state if the expanded #ACA subsidies are made permanent: acasignups.net/21/04/16/urbanā€¦
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šŸ“£ Ahead of tonightā€™s big speech: I have no idea if heā€™ll give an update on ACA enrollment, but if he does, Iā€™m guessing heā€™ll announce over 1.0 million ADDITIONAL exchange enrollees via HealthCare.Gov alone since the relaunched enrollment period started on 2/15.
According to @JStein_WaPo, it sounds like Biden will be proposing $200B to make the expanded #ACA subsidies permanent, but no other major healthcare provisions *at the moment*. This actually makes more sense than you may think given this poll: acasignups.net/21/04/27/huh-sā€¦
Having said that, the WH resistance to going bigger in healthcare *at the moment* seems to center around passing #HR3 to pay for other stuff, which is fiercely opposed by #PhRMA.
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Joe Biden has a plan to fix healthcare? Weird. What happened to the last plan he had to fix healthcare? Swore he took care of that. #BFD
It's fun watching journalists clench their cheeks and try to whistle past this particular graveyard.
I mean whatever you do guys, don't ask the guy instrumental in getting the last Democrat healthcare plan rammed through congress and wiping out his party why we should trust him this time around.
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And here you go, tweeps! We're going to #SCOTUS! The Civil Rights Act protects #LGBT people from discrimination. lambdalegal.org/in-court/legalā€¦
So we at @LambdaLegal are asking #SCOTUS to settle whether sexual orientation discrimination is a form of sex discrimination. #LGBT
We are honored to represent Jameka Evans in this case. A proud, gender-nonconforming lesbian woman fired because of her sex. #SCOTUS #LGBT
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